Re: [Madwifi-users] 11/a/b/g card - forcing mode "b" not working

[Marius K. <ma...@kj...>]

Ok, I got it. After issuing the following command:

ifconfig ath0 192.168.0.2 up

the wlan device I am trying to set up as a wireless access point suddenly 
becomes visible from a 11b client. Finally getting somewhere. Thanks.

Marius K.

On Wednesday 10 December 2003 10:00, Marius Kjeldahl wrote:
> Thanks for the tip. I am not sure what you mean by "ifup"ing the interface.
> I know how it works on normal ethernet devices (ifconfig eth0 a.b.c.d up),
> but it seems the similar thing for iwconfig does not work (iwconfig ath0 up
> does not at least). Not sure it is related or not, but I'm trying to run my
> card as an access point as I currently have not "traditional" access point.
>
> Marius Kjeldahl
>
> On Wednesday 10 December 2003 08:48, Kristoffer Sjöberg wrote:
> > Marius,
> >
> > My experiences with Madwifi is that even if 11b-mode is not listed, it
> > will work provided the card has 11g without locking it to 11b with
> > iwpriv. No requirements to limit the bitrate or anything, it just
> > works(tm) in 11b for me.
> >
> > Don't forget to ifup your interface before trying scanning or anything
> > else - it seems the card is scanning but not picking up anything until
> > the interface is up.
> >
> > BR
> >
> > Kristoffer
> >
> > > # iwpriv ath0 mode 2
> > > <mapping sub-ioctl mode to cmd 0x8BE0-2>
> > > Interface doesn't accept private ioctl...
> > > mode (8BE0): No such device or address
> > >
> > > Mode 0, 1 and 3 works just fine. When the driver loads, dmesg reports:
> > >
> > > ath0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
> > > ath0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps
> > > 24Mbps
> > > 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
> > > ath0: turbo rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps
> > > 54Mbps
> >
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